Presentation Skills

1. How to Give Presentation

2. • A presentation is a means of
communication which can be adapted to
various situations, such as
talking to a group, addressing a meeting
or briefing a team.

3. Presentation skills
• Following are the steps include in
preparing effective presentation:
Plan
Prepare
Practice
Present

4. Planning
• Planning usually include following
questions:
• Who is your audience?
• Why are they there?
• What is your goal?
• How long will it be?
• Where will it take place?

5. Prepare
• Following points must keep in mind
while preparing:
Structure
Prompt
Visual aids
Voice
Appearance
Style
Questions

6. Structure
• Write your presentation in this order:
Objective
Beginning or introduction
Main content
Summary, conclusion and
recommendations
Questions

7. Structure
Introduction
Main theme
summary/
Conclusion
Get Attention
Grab the
audience
attention
content should be
relevant to topic
Key message

8. Prompt
• Short bullet points, key words only.
• Put your entire prompt onto your power
point slides.
• These prompt are for you.

9. Visual aids
• Use simple fonts, colors and graphs.
• Use images and clipart.
• 3 to 5 bullets per slide.
• Don’t over crowd your slides, it will not look
professional.
• New or different visual
aids wake people up.

10. Voice
• Louder and clear than your normal
pitch.
• Vary pitch and volume.
• Over emphasis

11. Appearance
• Dark colors read as businesslike.
• Wear comfortable shoes to weight your
feet evenly.
• Allow yourself to move a bit.
• Look confident.

12. Professional dress code

13. Professionals vs. non professionals

14. Style
• Youalready haveastyle don’t try to copy
others.
• Use words and sentences you use in
normal days.
• Be yourself.

15. Questions
• Sketch an idea that what kind of
questions audience may ask.

16. Preparation material
• You can use following items to make
the content of your presentation:
Handouts
Personal notes
Internet
Visual aids

17. Practice
• Rehearse all points what you prepare.
• Rehearse with all visual aids and
handouts.
• Practice again and again to manage
time.
• Rehearse in front of mirror or a friend.

18. Present
• Make a strong start.
• Engage the audience in first 2-3 minutes.
• Show your passion through your
movements and gestures.
• Make an eye contact.
• Don’t forget to smile aswell,
unless your topic is very
grim.

19. Contd.
• Lack of experience.
• Lack of enthusiasm.
• Lack of practice.
• Lack of related
material.
• Lack of confidence.
• Hesitation.
• Ambiguity in the results
that you want to
conclude.

20. Factors for successful presentation

21. Contd.
• Be over prepared.
• Rehearse and
practice.
• Grip on your topic.
• Know your subject.
• Be positive.
• Avoid stress.

22. Conclusion
• Always prepare
• Channelize your fear
• Interact with your
audience